Ahead of a press conference following the North Korea summit, President Donald Trump showed a special video created specifically for Kim Jung Un. (National Security Council)

It was a surreal summit.

President Trump went full Hollywood on Kim Jong Un at their high-stakes sit-down in Singapore Monday, privately showing the North Korean leader a bizarre video that depicted them as peace-seeking super heroes.

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“Two leaders, one destiny: a story about a special moment in time, when a man is presented with one chance that may never be repeated,” a voiceover in the White House-produced video says. “What will he choose? To show vision and leadership? Or not.”

The video portrayed the brutal North Korean dictator as a proud leader who can transform his country into a booming 21st century economy with a helping hand from the U.S. Stock footage of gilded skyscrapers, high-speed bullet trains, shiny supermarkets and smiling faces are featured ad nauseam.

The video doesn’t mention Kim’s horrendous human rights record, which the United Nations has concluded is so awful he should be charged with crimes against humanity.

By the end of the action movie-like video, images of Trump and Kim are juxtaposed against dramatic music.

“The past doesn’t have to be the future,” the voiceover says. “Out of the darkness can come the light and the light of hope can burn bright. What if, a people that share a common and rich heritage, can find a common future? Their story is well known but what will be their sequel?”

The Michael Bay-esque video was shown to reporters, some of whom confused it with North Korean propaganda.

“They are playing a propaganda video before Trump presser,” AFP reporter Andrew Beatty tweeted. “Not kidding. What is happening??!!”

Trump boasted about the video during a subsequent press conference, and revealed he had showed it to Kim in private on an iPad.

“We had it made up,” Trump told reporters. “I hope you liked it. I thought it was good. I thought it was interesting enough to show…I showed it to him today. Actually, during the meeting, toward the end of the meeting. And I think he loved it.”

Trump scoffed when asked if he was concerned about the Kim regime using the video as propaganda. “No, I’m not concerned at all,” he said. “We can use that video for other countries.”

Even some of Trump’s own supporters disagreed.

“He makes a propaganda video for North Korea, he stops our joint military exercises with South Korea, he puts the North Korean Flag up there right next to ours, and he says Kim Jong Un is a great man who loves his own people,” ex-GOP Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh tweeted. “Uh...Trump is a tough guy? No wonder Kim is smiling.”

Trump and Kim concluded their historic summit by signing a document committing to “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

But critics were quick to note that the document did not outline any type of timeline or concrete plan of action. North Korea has signed similar statements in the past, only to backtrack and continue its nuclear proliferation programs.